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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Biological Systems Engineering BS: Food, Nutrition, and Agricultural Applications to Biosystems Concentration

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About the Biological Systems Engineering BS

The program will advance the use of computational tools and simulation techniques through the core engineering curriculum, as well as the use of computer-based control in bioinstrumentation laboratory experimentation and bioprocess control.

Program Educational Objectives.

The undergraduate program educational objectives embody the expected accomplishments of graduates during their first few years following graduation. The program educational objectives for graduates of the Biological Systems Engineering BS program are as follows:

Become professionals and advance to leadership roles in their chosen career paths
Engage in professional development through continuing education or graduate studies
Contribute to the socioeconomic development of the nation and the world through ethical practice in professions related to biological systems engineering

Communication Literacy Requirement: Communication literacy courses include CHE 2306 , BIOE 3202 , BSE 4201 , and BSE 4202 .

About the Food, Nutrition, and Agricultural Applications to Biosystems Concentration

The Food, Nutrition, and Agricultural Applications to Biosystems concentration in Biological Systems Engineering requires a minimum of 12 credit hours comprised of Nutritional Science, Food Science, Plant and Soil Science, or Natural Resource Management. Any combination of four courses from the following will be accepted: NS 3340 , NS 4351 , NS 4352 , NS 4353 ; FDSC 3305 , FDSC 3301 , FDSC 3306 , FDSC 4304 ; NRM 3300 , NRM 3309 , NRM 4315 ; PSS 4341, PSS 4342, PSS 4343, PSS 4344, PSS 4325 , PSS 4340 . This is one of the options required for the Biological Systems Engineering BS, but the concentration is open to any engineering major.

Recommended Foundational Curriculum for Engineering All Majors

First Year

Fall

ENGR 1330 - Computational Thinking with Data Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1110 - Engineering Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ENGR 1320 - Bio-Inspired Design for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ENGR 1340 - Introduction to Engineering Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Recommended Curriculum for Biological Systems Engineering BS: Food, Nutrition, and Agricultural Applications to Biosystems Concentration

Second Year

Fall

MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2310 - Introduction to Chemical Process 3 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1403 - Biology I 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Spring

CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3105 - Experimental Organic Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1404 - Biology II 4 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2321 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ME 2322 - Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3315 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Third Year

Fall

POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 3394 - Soft Matter Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 3363 - Biochemical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
MBIO 3401 - Principles of Microbiology 4 Semester Credit Hours
NS 4xxx/FDSC 3xxx/PSS 4xxx/NRM 4xxx 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

CHE 4372 - Engineering Experimentation 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2324 - Engineering Economic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2331 - Professional Communication for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
CHE 2306 - Exposition of Technical Information 3 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 3365 - Biotransport 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 4xxx/FDSC 3xxx/PSS 4xxx/NRM 4xxx 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Fourth Year

Fall

HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 4364 - Chemical Engineering Applications to Biosystems 3 Semester Credit Hours
BIOE 3202 - Bioinstrumentation and Bioinformatics Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 4201 - Biological Systems Engineering Design I 2 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 4xxx Biosystems Engineering Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 4xxx/FDSC 3xxx/PSS 4xxx/NRM 4xxx 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours *
American History Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours *
BSE 4385 - Bioprocess Control 3 Semester Credit Hours
BSE 4202 - Biological Systems Engineering Design II 2 Semester Credit Hours
NS 4xxx/FDSC 3xxx/PSS 4xxx/NRM 4xxx 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 14

Total Hours: 128

* Choose from University core curriculum requirements .

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